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From: neves@aristotle.ils.nwu.edu (David Neves)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: animation in Windows?
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Date: 15 May 91 14:22:20 GMT
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>I've done some rudimentary animation with Windows bitmaps.  I'm not sure
>what you're asking for when you say "secret invisible color"...

The MAC allows you to paint using transparent color.  This color
allows the background to show through.  I am not sure how it is implemented.

I want to do this
  Source bitmap    Destination bitmap     Result

     O               *z*z*z*z            *z*O*z*z
   / X \             *z*z*z*z            */*X*\*z
    / \              *z*z*z*z            *z/z\z*z

I assume that my source bitmap will have all white in the none body
parts and that I would get the following if I did a srccopy.

     O               *z*z*z*z            *  O   z
   / X \             *z*z*z*z            */ X \ z
    / \              *z*z*z*z            * / \  z


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